Person with legal responsibility

Person in charge of EU relations

Firstname, Surname:

Ms
Waltraud Kugler

Position:

Project Director

Goals / remit

Goals / remit of the organisation:

The European SAVE Foundation (Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe) is an international NGO. It was founded in 1993 as a European umbrella organisation. SAVE supports the conservation of biodiversity in agriculture. SAVE is involved in in-situ and on-farm conservation of endangered livestock breeds and cultivated plants. SAVE cooperates closely with animal breeders and animal keepers, promotes cross-border exchange of information and, if necessary, buys and transfers animals. SAVE is linked to numerous national organisations and co-ordinates supranational activities. The SAVE Board of Directors consists of 15 members from 13 different countries.

The European SAVE Network consists of the SAVE Foundation and its (at the moment) 22 national organisations in 15 countries. SAVE cooperates with further partner-NGOs in Europe, and it is mainly active in Southern and Eastern Europe. There is a Network Office in Wageningen, GThe netherlands and a Project Office in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Website of the European SAVE Network:http://www.agrobiodiversity.net

The organisation's fields of interests are:

European

national

Activities

Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files currently followed by your organisation:

Financial data

Most recent financial information about funding received from the EU institutions:

Procurement:

0 €

Grants:

0 €

- from national sources:

0 €

- from local/regional sources:

0 €

from other sources:

202,296 €

- donations:

197,248 €

- contributions from members:

5,048 €

Estimate of the annual costs related to activities covered by the register:

< 50,000
€

Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:

Our projects and activities are mainly funded by private foundations. We also have projects running under the Swiss Contribution to Romania and the UN-FAO Funding Strategy for the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources. We currently receive no EU funding.

Code of conduct

By its registration the organisation has signed the Transparency Register Code of Conduct.